Dearest Irish / Lyn Horner

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Author:

Lyn Horner resides in Texas
with her husband and several beloved cats. Trained in the visual arts, Horner
worked as a fashion illustrator and later as an art instructor for Art Instruction
Schools (famous for their "Draw Me" heads.) After quitting work to
raise her children, she took up writing as a creative outlet. This hobby grew
into a love of historical research and the crafting of passionate romances
based upon that research. She is
a member of Romance Writers of America, Yellow Rose Romance Writers, and Celtic
Hearts Romance Writers. Ms. Horner was also nominated for Books and Pals first
ever Readers’ Choice Award for her novel Dashing Irish. To learn more
about Lyn Horner visit her website, blog, or facebook page.

Description:

“Dearest Irish (Texas Devlins, Rose’s Story) is the third
book in a western romance trilogy set in the 1870s. This unique series features
three siblings who descend from a hidden line of Irish Celtic Druids. Each
possesses a rare psychic talent they hide for fear of persecution. Dearest
Irish stars Rose Devlin, youngest of the three. Rose has an extraordinary
ability to heal with her mind, a secret gift that has caused her great pain in
the past. She also harbors another secret, one she can’t share even with her
brother and sister, one that threatens her chances of ever finding love.”

“Choctaw Jack, a half-breed cowboy introduced in
Dashing Irish (Texas Devlins, Tye’s story), straddles two worlds, dividing his
loyalties between his mother’s people and the family of a friend who died in
the Civil War. Like Rose, he keeps shocking secrets. If they ever come to
light, he stands to lose his job, possibly his life. Yet, he must risk
everything to save someone he loves, even if it means kidnapping Rose.”

Appraisal:

Rose has
lived a sheltered life having spent the last seven years in self imposed exile
in a convent in Chicago.
She is naïve and trying to find her place in the world while keeping her
healing touch a secret. Choctaw Jack witnesses Rose healing a mean spirited
stallion’s leg injury under the cover of darkness. To save this unbreakable
horse she must learn to ride him or watch him be destroyed. Her sensibilities won’t
allow that to happen. Tye employs Jack to teach her how to ride a horse. The
plot takes a mean twist when Jack receives word that his mother is dying back
on the reservation. After having
witnessed Rose heal the stallion he kidnaps Rose to take her to heal his
mother. It is a long hard journey, physically and emotionally as neither is
willing to share their past.

This story
is engaging as two battered and wounded souls find each other and begin to heal
one another. I sympathized with Choctaw Jack trying to live in both the Indian
world and the white man’s world, but he has managed it well. Jack is a
complicated man with a sordid past that he is not sure he deserves forgiveness
for. He recognizes Rose’s wounded spirit and does his best to contain his
desire while he tries to figure her out. Each feel they are not worthy enough
to ever be loved.

Lyn Horner
has done an outstanding job exposing what life was like in this time period
between Native Americans, the Calvary, and other settlers in the Oklahoma and
Texas areas whether on the trail, the reservation, or a homestead. This story
has it all. The fact that she has brought Irish immigrants, with a Druid
history into the melting pot just makes it that much more interesting. The plot
is realistic and the characters were wonderfully portrayed. This is an entertaining and educational story
that took me on a wonderful journey into the past.

18 comments:

Wow, what a wonderful review! Thank you, ?wasithinkin. I'm so glad you enjoyed Dearest Irish. It's obvious you "got" not only the characters' inner turmoil, but also the picture I tried to paint of conditions on the reservation.

Thanks for all the comments everyone. ?wazi is off having fun away from home and the internet this weekend, but I'm sure she'll be thrilled with all the attention her review has received when she gets back.

I would like to thank everyone for stopping by and leaving such wonderful comments, M T McGuire, Charlene, Sandy, Rain, Carra, Ella, Ciara, and especially Ms. Horner. You made me blush :) Miz ?wazi , LOL, I think I like that.

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